Float tanks in Sydney

Body WRL is a recovery studio in The Cannery on Morley Avenue, Rosebery. It has private infrared sauna suites for two or four people (the larger suite has its own shower), a DreamPod float tank, a whole-body cryotherapy chamber, a NovoTHOR red light pod, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and Normatec compression. Sessions are booked by time slot, mostly 30 to 90 minutes. Weekly sauna and combined memberships run with a four week minimum.

Bathhouse and day spa on the Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley estate in Windsor. The two hour circuit covers a Nordic sauna at 80 to 100°C, steam room, infrared sauna, cold plunges at 7 to 12°C, an outdoor barrel sauna, a 28°C magnesium pool and a 35°C hydrotherapy pool, plus open float pools, massage, facials and a relaxation lounge.

Float and sauna studio on Oxford Street in Paddington with private float rooms, private infrared saunas, Fire & Ice suites pairing a sauna with an ice bath, red light and compression. Infrared sessions run 45 or 75 minutes, for one or two. Monthly memberships include one session a month, with extra sessions at the same rate.

Saltuary is a studio on Great North Road in Five Dock with two private float rooms, each with its own shower and change area, full spectrum infrared saunas and a salt room. Infrared sessions run 40 minutes and salt sessions 45 minutes, while a float appointment takes about 75 minutes including showering. Massage and facials are also offered. Single sessions, packs and weekly or fortnightly memberships are available.

City Cave on Oxford Street in Bondi Junction, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas and massage rooms, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

City Cave on Wentworth Street in Glebe, by Broadway, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas and massage rooms, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

City Cave on Albany Street in Crows Nest, with private float rooms, private infrared saunas, massage and compression boots, open every day. A float runs 60 minutes and an infrared sauna 45 minutes, couples pay a little extra, and there is a sauna-and-float combination. Weekly or monthly CaveClub memberships carry a three-month minimum. Red light is available as an add-on.

Float studio on Level 2 of the Warringah Mall Medical Centre building on Cross Street, Brookvale. Each private float room has its own shower, and floats run 60 minutes. A three-float intro pack suits first-timers, and larger packs of three to twenty floats last a year and can be shared with family and friends.

Float centre on Riley Street in Darlinghurst with private float rooms, each with its own shower, and up to four pods bookable at once. Floats run 60 minutes. First-timers get a three-float intro pack, and larger packs of three to twenty floats last a year and can be shared with family and friends.

Palm Springs-styled outdoor bathhouse on the Macarthur fringe, about seventy minutes from the CBD. Soak sessions run two hours, three hours or all day and cover the sauna, steam room, hydrotherapy spas, magnesium plunge pool, robe, slippers and towels. Float rooms, facials, massage, yoga and breathwork classes on the same site. Licensed, with food. Closed Monday and Tuesday.